SLOSH


Meaning of SLOSH in English

/slosh/ , v.i.

1. to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.

2. (of a liquid) to move about actively within a container.

v.t.

3. to stir or splash (something) around in a fluid: to slosh the mop in the pail.

4. to splash (liquid) clumsily or haphazardly: She sloshed tea all over her new suit. They sloshed the paint over the wall.

n.

5. watery mire or partly melted snow; slush.

6. the lap or splash of liquid: the slosh of waves against the shore.

7. a small quantity of liquid: a slosh of milk in the pail.

8. a watery or weak drink.

[ 1805-15; perh. b. SLOP 1 and SLUSH ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .